Importing & Exporting
Bring a book in, and get your ePub or PDF out.
How to Import Your Book Into the Writing StudioBring a finished Word or ePub manuscript into the Writing Studio, check the chapters, review your front matter and pictures, and keep writing.How to Export Your Book as an ePub or a Print PDFExport your finished manuscript as an ePub for Kindle or a print-ready PDF in the right size, and know what to expect when you upload it to KDP.How to Import a Word or ePub File Into the Writing StudioOpen the Import Book tab, name your book and choose your .docx or .epub file. The studio splits it into chapters and sections for you.Importing a PDF Into the Writing StudioImport Book accepts only Word and ePub files. If your book is a PDF, convert it to Word or ePub first, then import that file.What Happens to Your Copyright Page, Images and Links on ImportYour copyright page is not lost. Import fills in the Front End tab for you, brings in your images and keeps your links.Why an Import Splits Into Too Many or Too Few ChaptersChapter detection on long or unusually formatted files is not always perfect. Fix the split by hand with + Add Chapter and the × controls.How to Export Your Book as an ePub or PDF and Choose a SizeClick Export at the top right, confirm the format and size, then click Export PDF or Export ePub. The file downloads directly.Why Links Are Not Clickable in the Exported Print PDFThis is intentional. Amazon's KDP print system rejects files with clickable links, so the print PDF turns them into plain text.KDP Previewer Stuck or Very Slow After Your PDF UploadKDP's Previewer can take 15 to 45 minutes or more. Wait, then try a new filename, a different browser or a private window.
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